Charles Richard Bigge

Charles Richard Bigge, a partner in the goldsmith firm of Rundell Bridge (q.v.) was trustee for Edward Pope, Archdeacon of Jamaica, for the Smailfield estate in Jamaica.  For Decoy Pen, another claim by Edward Pope, he was probably a trustee but possibly a beneficiary.

1. Marriage of Charles Richard Bigge of Beddington at All Saints Carshalton Surrey 19/05/1835 to Kate Scovell, when the marriage was conducted by Edward Pope Archdeacon of Jamaica.

2. Death of Charles Richard Bigge registered Kensington Q2 1874 aged 65. Will of Charles Richard Bigge late of the Windham Club St James's and 2 Chepstow Villas who died 21/04/1874 was proved 08/05/1874, effects under £2000, resworn August 1874 under £4000. An advertisement for creditors by his executor describes him as Charles Richard Bigge sometimes known as Charles Richard Crouch.

T71/856 St Mary claim no. 33, which identifies Bigge as of Ludgate Hill and Edward Pope as claimant as tenant for life, and describes Bigge's appointment with a co-trustee to invest the compensation money. In T71/856 St Mary No. 406, again a claim by Edward Pope, Bigge was a co-awardee with George Scovell, probably his father-in-law or brother-in-law.

1. Ancestry.com, London, England, Marriages and Banns, 1754-1921 [database online].

2. FreeUKGen, England and Wales Free BMD Database, Deaths, 1837-1983 [database online]; National Probate Calendar 1874; London Gazette, Issue 24110, 03/09/1874, p. 3335.